Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Every one of you business leaders I know struggles with the competing demands of finding and keeping employees motivated and satisfied, versus building and enforcing a set of repeatable processes that work. Obviously, both are required for a company to stay healthy and growing. Only people can look ahead and prepare for the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

He closed stores for a day to update employee racial-bias training. If you demand accountability, but expect to make every decision, both of you will fail. Delegating control means having the right information, the right tools, and the right training to make the right decisions. Effective communication of your expectations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

If you find yourself being surprised by new competitor offerings and customer demands, then perhaps you are not paying attention. That means making sure you are utilizing coaching and mentoring, as well as training to keep up with changes in technology and the marketplace. Demand and reward speedy analysis and execution.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Understand Personality Types – One of the benefits of working for a big company (Accenture) was that we had lots of speakers come in and train us in topics like leadership, creativity, presentations, strategy, etc. We had a training session from somebody who put up the four-quadrant graph you see above. Most of them sucked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In my role as business advisor, I’m hearing more and more about workers who seem to be doing less and demanding more. They lead or follow, on demand rather than by command. Of course, you need to support this culture by providing continuous opportunities for training and industry updates, and coaching as well as feedback sessions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development. Process leadership focuses on repeatability and efficiency only.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2015

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In other words, how do you recognize the challenges that really need your leadership , versus the less critical demands that seem to always bubble to the top? You can’t find the time for coaching and mentoring. Maybe now is the time to bring in outside coaching and motivational speakers, as well as more training.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

This starts with hiring the right people, and giving them the training and support they need on a regular basis. By demand, entrepreneurs are crisis managers, and can be busy reacting 24 hours a day to urgent short-term issues. Don’t let day-to-day demands take the reins and drag you off course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. Train and coach continuously. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Know your customers intimately.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

Many people believe their threshold is permanently set by family genetics, or cultural influences, but I believe anyone can train themselves to stay cool. Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. Make this a priority in your private life also.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

What we found, if people wanted help finding a job right away, and didn't want to be trained in how to look for a job. The final piece is online coaching, which allows people, 7 days a week, to click and talk to a professional development coach, and help them go through questions, answer things like what should by resume look like.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

A recent high-profile one, Theranos , the blood-testing company, had no trouble getting customers, but promised more than their technology could deliver, Another, Shyp , an early on-demand delivery platform, blamed their demise on premature scaling. Demand continuous innovation to keep up with change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. Train and coach continuously. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Know your customers intimately.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

In other circumstances the five-day workshop, scheduled this fall at George Washington University in the nation’s capital, might go unnoticed among the sea of executive training programs offered every day. The bank, LifeSci Advisors, is looking to pay penance by helping fund the training program. Morgan conference in January.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development. Process leadership focuses on repeatability and efficiency only.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2023

Of course, you should always be available and willing to coach members when requested, or share your experience and skill. Make sure they have the tools and training to do the job requested and expected. Too many teams I know live in constant fear of unjustified reprisals and repeated demands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2023

These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2022

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development. Process leadership focuses on repeatability and efficiency only.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

Many new venture owners have trouble disengaging from the escalating demands of their business to celebrate the small successes of the people and customers who depend on them. That means a priority on coaching and mentoring, as well as training and tools, before focusing on results metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor. Be prepared to create and train a dedicated support group that can keep up with your now larger and growing install base of demanding customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. You can’t demand total loyalty from all, so you have to learn to accept criticism without being defensive. It’s a big change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2019

Many people believe their threshold is permanently set by family genetics, or cultural influences, but I believe anyone can train themselves to stay cool. Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. Make this a priority in your private life also.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2017

Leaders need to reward experiments, rather than demand fixed processes. Establish mentoring and coaching relationships. Mentoring is a less formal arrangement for long-term career guidance, while coaching is a more formal association focused on improvements in behavior and performance in the current job.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training. Formal training for the team is just the beginning, not the end. One approach is to give frequent rewards to your team and special discounts and exclusive promotions to your best customers. Give team members and customers incentives to improve the experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. Anne Fulton: I've always been a technology lover, although I'm an organizational psychologist by training. We were originally operating as a coaching company, and we built out this assessment technology for our own clients.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2015

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2015 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. by Jan Yager, who is a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2013 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. by Jan Yager, who is a Ph.D.

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